Life On Sail

  The new video is out.  Presenting the interior of our boat.  As usual it was hectic to film. Because it is always in such a mess.  I did shoot some rushes to later find out it wasnt good quality.  But impossible to shoot it back because there is always someone on the boat, or it is too messy.  So I still used those rushes.  Surprisingly, it did better than the exterior video.  So I'm happy. Unlike the Macoui video, that I love, but didnt even reach the 500 views at the time I'm writing this.  Anyway, go check out the interior video here.  It's captioned in english.  If you want to watch Part 1 about the Interior, which I took more time to edit!! Check it here below Please go check out the Macoui tradition! It's so interesting and few people know about it! This one is the video I liked doing the most...

 We’re thrilled to share Vogue, our Bénéteau Oceanis 40 CC Clipper, center cockpit, on YouTube! Our goal was to drop one video a month, but June threw us a curveball—parents visiting, then friends and our son joining for the Sardinian leg of our journey. It was a whirlwind!  Still, we managed to hustle and release Part 1 of our boat presentation, showcasing *Vogue*’s sleek exterior with pride. Check it out, and stay tuned for more as we sail toward Bastia! Watch the video here below:   Part 2 of Vogue’s YouTube showcase is coming … whenever we can make it happen! Don’t expect our usual polished structure—this time, it’ll be a bit raw.  With the boat constantly in a state of organized chaos, finding the perfect moment to film clean clips is tricky. But that’s life on board! Stay tuned for more of our Bénéteau Oceanis 40 CC Clipper adventures as we sail toward Bastia.

Leaving again!  Yesterday we left again!  This time we left Aveyron.  We packed everything we needed to live in the boat as well as all the necessary equipement to renovate the boat.  Our crew We took the parents with us. Free manpower :) but mainly a lot of knowledge as Nico's dad sailed for years and is a great mechanic.  So it was altogether a car and a camping van.  Craning our sailboat We headed back to Narbonne Plage to sail the boat to Gruissan the next morning for the craning of the boat. It took us 1h45 mn to get to Gruissan.  It was freezing cold. The owner of the boat took us there, but left the helm to Nico once we arrived the port.  The Camping van was already there. It takes 15 mn to get there by car.  Once you arrive, you put some protection sheets onto the straps and there you go, you get off the boat, it's immediately lifted up and brought to your parking spot.  Then they set the sailboat onto supports.  That's it....

We are getting closer to departure... Slowly but surely. We visited 7 boats so far in different ports in Southern France and also in Croatia (but screened hundreds of classified ads). We finally decided to go for the first boat we visited. It is important to visit a lot of boats before making a final decision.  At first, I put my veto on that first boat we saw because it didn't meet some of my criteria, one of which was that I hated Center Cockpits.  But you never know what life has in store for you, and ironically, that's the one we ended up picking. Recap of our criterias - >1996 : It has to be a "recent" boat, dated after 1996, when the CE norms for sailboats were set in Europe.    - Offshore equipped : It has to be offshore equipped. Mister eventually wants to cross the Atlantic.    - 3 Cabins : It had to be 3 cabins, as we potentially would have guests with kids.  (Also Nico has to fit in the bed... some beds are too small for a 5ft11'/1m82 guy...